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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PATENT LAW EXPERTS
With many of the world’s leading companies headquartered in Delaware, a thriving industry of experts in intellectual property (IP) and patent law has emerged. As well as being the state with the most patents per capita in the U.S., Delaware also is one of the country’s busiest venues for patent litigation.
IP GROUP helps entrepreneurs in the biotech, cleantech, health care and technology fields evolve their ideas into intellectual property-based companies. The Group works closely with universities in the U.S., the U.K. and Australasia to identify the best IP-based concepts and develop them.
POTTER ANDERSON CORROON LLP is a Delaware law firm that has represented major companies such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble in patent litigation. The firm’s IP cases have included disputes related to computer and microprocessor technology, pharmaceuticals, internet technology, medical devices and more.
RICHARDS LAYTON & FINGER is among Delaware’s most active and respected IP litigation practices and is particularly experienced in litigating patent and trademark infringement cases in Delaware District Court. Since 2011, the firm has been top-ranked for Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation and Patent Law by U.S. News & World Report.
BAYARD, P.A. provides deep expertise both with IP matters and with the rules and preferred procedures at Delaware courts. The firm’s specialty is serving as Delaware counsel for companies involved in complex patent litigation.
Clients at YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP range from multi-national corporations to small businesses and individuals. In addition to IP-related matters, the
firm represents clients in bankruptcy, labor and real estate proceedings. Young Conaway also publishes the Delaware IP Law Blog (www.delawareiplaw.com).
The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS provides advice on innovations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property developed by those working for the university. Its Intellectual Property Guide can be found at www.udel.edu/research/ researchers/ipguide.html.
Incorporation specialists such as CSC and INCNOW round out the offerings available to new and established businesses hoping to protect their intellectual property.
BAYARD, P.A.
www.bayardlaw.com 302-665-5000 info@bayardlaw.com
A commercial law firm that also provides personal legal services. Areas of expertise include the customs and procedures of Delaware’s state and federal courts, and Delaware’s commercial business entity law.
CSC
www.cscglobal.com 302-636-5400
CSC helps businesses with a range of compliance needs, including business licensing and trademark registration.
DLA PIPER LLP
www.dlapiper.com
302-468-5700
DLA Piper’s attorneys provide both strategic and litigation- related IP advice to clients ranging from emerging technology and pharmaceutical companies to established banks and financial institutions.
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
www.drinkerbiddle.com 302-467-4200
Drinker Biddle’s IP practice assists clients with branding and trademarks, copyrights, due diligence, IT and outsourcing, IP litigation, patents, and technology transactions and licensing.
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FIRST STATE INNOVATION:
Accelerating Business Connections
PARTNER PROFILE
First State Innovation (FSI) was founded in 2006 to accelerate Delaware’s and the surrounding region’s entrepreneurial economy by connecting people, ideas and capital. Since then, the general awareness of
entrepreneurism in Delaware has grown dramatically. The organization has held more than two dozen events
featuring some 75 new and emerging companies, which have presented their business plans to investors, major corporations and fellow entrepreneurs.
FSI sponsored the formation of an early-stage venture fund three years ago, based on the lack of good venture- capital sources within the state, says Ernie Dianastasis,
FSI’s chairman. The fund, Leading Edge Ventures, has raised $10 million for investment in early-stage companies, focusing on Delaware and the surrounding region.
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FSI also serves as a “voice of Delaware” in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., along with other economic- development organizations such as Select Greater Philadelphia and the University City Science Center. “FSI has met often with these entities to ensure Delaware’s assets and needs are heard,” says Dianastasis.
Recently, FSI founded the Entrepreneur Roundtable, a forum where entrepreneurs meet to share ideas that improve one another’s ventures and also grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem. It also supported the development of a digital platform
that connects stakeholders in the Delaware entrepreneurial community and provided direct support for OpenBracket Delaware.
Going forward, FSI will continue to collaborate with entities that grow the entrepreneurial economy in Delaware and the region. ID